Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-18

l. sci them to be careful lest they "bite o
more than they can chaw. +" The whiske
r habit alone will command their best an
I. concentrated efforts.
Last Saturday was payday at Pilot Knoll
and some of the 'boys" got on a "high lone
some." Several knock downs occurred AN
" several Of the contestants bear discoloration
u on their persons in glorious commemorative
a OF the day. Squire Schwaner had to pass o.
- several cases, and the school fund is bigge
than it was. Fun is fun, but just what sor
!. OF fun the men get in this worse than squar
dering their hard earnings-to say nothing
Of the disgrace-is beyond our ken.
: farmer by the name of Bailey, from
Belleview, met with a painful accident Will
in Ironton last Friday morning. He wa
driving along the street in front of the court
house when one Of the fore wheels of hi
wagon came of and he was thrown out on BIZ
head receiving cut some three or four inchei
In length which laid the scalp open. Dr.Far
, rar was called and sewed up the wound
After a rest of an hour or two. Mr.. B. start.
ed on his way home, apparently little the
worse for his mishap.
Collector Buford wants everybody to know
that the textbooks have been turned over to
him, that he has several thousand neatly
printed tax-receipts in blank which he de-
sires to fill up and attach his "John Han
cock" to, and that tax payers will do we'll to
come in early before the rush. Sim. will at
all times-except when looking after the new
baby--be found in his Office willing and anx-
ious to serve his constituents. Come, boys,
walk up to the Captains office and settle.
Duty calls you.
Judge Russell for some time had had 3
suspicion that the carp he had placed in his
pond were not multiplying; therefore, last
Thursday, he went to work to settle the
question. He drew seine through the pond
several times, gathering several bushels of
perch of all sizes, but the only carp found
were thos he had placed there several years
ago-not a single young carp was taken. The
Judge believes that the spawn and young
have been eaten by the perch, who are vora-
cious feeders. To overcome the difficulty,
he will build breeding pool for the carp,
amply protected against their enemies. and
he hopes in few years to make a success Of
1t. Some of the carp weighed six or seven
pounds.
Scarcely day passes that inquiries are not
made by persons from other points for i'm
proved property or eligible building sites in
| the Valley. We regret that these persons
meet so little encouragement to invest. As
| soon as an owner finds that there is an op-
portunity for selling, up goes his price into
the clouds. This blufing process is effect
iye-in soaring OF people who as residents
would assist in making the Valley prosper
Gus, and whose presence would induce
others to invest. The class of people apply
Ing is generally weil-to-d do, with business
interests in the city, and would in the course
of the year bring many dollars to this sec.
ton. Instead of killing the goose that lays
the golden egg, we drive her off to nest in
other climes. Let US amend this-or build
Chinese wall around the Valley.
One evening a couple of weeks since, a
party of young men-one of whom we were
Wilhelm the REGISTER Office, was silently
assaulted land one of the number-a fiddler
was almost felled to the floor. The night
was dark, and as the assault was perpetrat-
ed with missile of large dimensions, thrown
from the front door, left standing ajar to
admit the cooling breezes, the culprit, who
incOntinently fed, was not discovered. To
this day his personality is mooted, but, sus-
picion rests strongly against a man whose
standing and age can hardly avail against the
circumstantial evidence we have accumulat-
ed. The missile was big watermelon; at
that date Bro. HotsOn owned the only fruit
of that description in town; and-but no
more evidence will be asked by a reasonable
jury or discerning people. We place him
before the bar of pu bile opinion. Letjustice
be done.
A special telegram from Jackson, Mo-, in
Sundays Republican, gives the following ac-
count Of the death of DR.. Frederick Beucke-
mann:
Dr.Frederick Beuckemann was killed one
mile and half east of Jackson to- day about
noon by hOl Sc running away with him in
buggy. His body bears marks which show
his forehead is terribly mashed, as If he had
been kicked by the horse, and his body is
otherwise very badly lacerated. DR.. Beucke-
mann was one of the best citizens in this
extensive practice. His place will be hard to
fill, either as citizen or as physician. He
has been living in Jackson for fifteen or six |
teen years ndleaves four children, the oldest |
.
DR.. B. was once a resident Of Pilot Knob |
and has a number of friends in this vicinity |
who will learn with sincere sorrow of his |
tragic end. To his bereaved family We ex-
tend our coincidence.
August, month when summer lies
Sleeping under sapphire skies;
Open all the windows wide, |
Drink tine orchards fragrant tide
Breath of grass at morning mown
Through the leafy vistas blown
Hear the clinking Of the scythe
Sound mellifluent and blithe.
August, month when everywhere
Music floats upon the air
From the harps of minstrel gales
Playing down the hills and dales;
August, month when sleepy cows
Seek the shade Of spreading boughs,
When the robin quirks his head
Contemplating cherries red;
August, month of twilights when
Day half goes and come again;
August days are guards who keep
Watch while summer lies asleep.
Frank Dempster Sherman in st. Nicholas. |
A couple of ladies who were out driving |
last Sunday morning had q runaway which |
might very easily have proven fatal to either,
or both of them, but fortunately they both |
escaped without serious injury. As they |
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